The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-06 00:00:00

LITERATURE. BEN BRA® 3 Vols. By CAPTAIN CII-1 3/ IL'R, R.N. Bentley, L on d on, 18 3 6 . The in sho r t ti me i n w hi c h t hi s nove l h as reached a second edition, shows that we were not mis taken in our first estimate of the gems of popularity !cattered with in a lavi s h h an d over i ts pages. Although, zio a.te ur _o," opinion, not equa l to t h e A ut h or ' s " Unfortu this sMaeason. it is still the finest naval tale published In this editi on th e w h o l e wor k h as un d er - Pne a careful revision by the Author. The plates are tby Cruiksh an k . The best is the devil flying away with he headless trunk of the Pirate. GHTON-MONDAY. da_,J.ur. arrivals are both numerous and important, and each N Y, nrulgs its accession to our visitants. Lord Colville has i s e a up his residence in Brunswick-square. Mr. Ewart, M. P., i s It the Bristol. The Countess Dowager of St. Germain's crescent. Bruns wick -terrace. Lady Pennant is at the Royal fer ce nt. Lady Sophia Whitchcote is among the departures reedt.he raetropolis. The Earl and Countess of Ross are t he New ! l i n g in B runswick-square. Lady and Miss Ford are at arri ew Steine Matthew and Lady Tierney have L .„,yed at their residence,Pavilion-parade. Lord and Lady ; 0 1 n tz r ev a , „" a visit to the Earl and Countess of Burling- Stel Eastbourne. Lady Canning is a guest at the New fur Hotel. Lieut-Col. White is at the Marine-parade. hasuur letters from Dieppe mention that the Duke of Orleans pined his Royal brothers at Eu, and that their Majesties probably arrive at that Royal domain ere this. tiderairbeTlohnilgrsidugaY evening, about seven o'clock the driver of a to Chapman's brewery was employed in il er i lv n eri l;g some beer at a house in the King's-road, when, "g his temporary absence, the animal started off towards leaFdennY-square, and there came in contact with a hand-fly, pl!e of which the man who usually drives it was seated, ° e Y e ir % a comfortable nap. Fortunately the contact took , l a an oblique direction, so that no other damage was astonish than overturning the little vehicle, and giving the ?flished inmate several good rolls over and over, which P e t he effect of waking him, without doing further damage. wi n _ horse was stopped at the opposite corner of the square, ;lit causing more mischief. ' i de a ! aged Earl of Westmoreland continues to take his Paired in aPparent good health, though his sight is so much im ed that his groom always rides before to guide the way. inpAlfatal accident took place at Dieppe, on Monday . morn, Agile Young gentleman from Paris, an expert swimmer, lathing' was seized with the cramp, and sunk to rise no -.ore a few ' .The - body was brought to land after the lapse of only resuscitations,Pun but the vital spark had fled, and all means of shOArod vain. t Ti ly 1i °l3i:i" prevails in F rance , th a t th e King o f Naples will °d eans. united to his cousin, the Princess Clementine of extremely actillee i ntercourse with the opposite coast continues fifty , the number of passengers averaging from thirty , to On Monday last the Dieppe packet brought the Count e Rasse and suite the Hon Mr. Butler, &c. At our corn-market, on Thursday last, old and fine wheats Wer e the advance ; other grain sold at the previous prices. iq hops have made considerable improvement ; picking, ." a ny places, will commence this day. WINDSOR.-MONDAY. t h is ' Ring reviewed the 7th Hussars in the Home Park 11° rning,'. Their Majesties, accompanied by the Princess L u gusta and Prince E r ne s t of Hesse Philippsthal, in the first ittri4 ge, follow e d b y t h e Wurtemberg Minister, Viscount Pal i, erst on , and other visitors and members of the Household, in in carriages, rode on the ground to witness the review G f r North part of the Little Park. Among the General C e ers Present were Sir J. Macdonald, Adjutant-General to „ Forces ; Sir W. Lumley, Hon. Sir H. Townshend, Sir nn dr ew Barnard, and Sir Charles Thornton. It was a splendid Vectacle, and the weather was very fine. After the review the King and Queen, and the Royal Party, Ivel lt in their carriages to the chives of the Great Park. G " 0 Officers of the 7th Hussars and the Officers of the Life Cards have the honour of dining with his Majesty in St. ‘4eorge's Hall to-night. I ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. vitation to pass some portion of the ensuing winter in Eng land ; but the advanced age of Prince Talleyrand renders the society of his niece indispensable, and the Duchess has, there fore% abandoned the idea of visiting England for the present. Baron and Baroness IVlaltitz and family left Ash burnbam-house on Friday, for St. Leonards, Hastings, whence they are expected to make a tour of the watering places along the Sussex coast. _ The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are the only family at present occupying their mansion in Grosvenor square, all the other personages who have houses in the square having left town. The Earl of Pembroke has left Fenton's Hotel for the Continent. . _ The Countess of Kerry will take up her residence with her father, Lord Duncannon, at Besborough. It will be recollected that the late lamented Lady Duncannon, daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland, only survived the marriage of her eldest daughter to Lord Kerry twenty-four hours. Prince Albert Esterhazy is making a tour, and enjoying the romantic scenery in the vicinity of the lakes of Killarney. The Spanish Envoy at Brussels and his Secretary have notified to the Belgian Government that they have re signed their functions, because they will not take the oath to th Constitution of 1812.—Belgian Paper. On Tuesday last the Durham and Sunderland Railway was opened from Haswell Colliery to Sunderland, being nearly three miles of the Haswell branch, and nearly eight of the eastern division of the main line. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne left town this day for Bowood. Sir Adolphus Dalrymple intends, it is said, to start again for Brighton. Lord Brougham is expected to visit the Bishop of Durham shortly, at Auckland Castle. We learn from Arnheim that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester arrived there from Homberg, ac companied by Lady Caroline Legge and Captain Stephens, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Cambridge. Her Royal Highness stopped to dine, and then proceeded with her atten dants, in three carriages, to the Loo, where her Royal High ness has arrived. Princess Lieven, after passing the season at the wa ters of Baden, where the Earl and Countess Cowper have ar rived to meet her Highness, will return to Paris, where she will remain during the winter. Baroness 'Wellman has left Mivart's Hotel, for Thame Park, Oxfordshire. The Count and Countess Fla hxult are visiting her Ladyship's estates in the North. The four youthful daught , !rs of the Countess are residing at Brigh ton, until their parents return from Scotland. Sir Grenville T,!..mple, Bart., has again left England, on a tour in Asia. The Gallant Baronet, during eight years, has chiefly-been employed in prosecuting scientific inquiries, and making antiquarian researches in Egypt, Arabia, Turkey, Greece, and the Archipelago. Sir Grenville spent much time in the Deserts with the Bedouin Arabs, whose garb he usually adopted, and, in his endeavours to discover the descendants of the aboriginal Africans, penetrated into the interior of Barbary. LEAMINGTON SPA, SEPT. 3.—ARRIVALS. - - The Earl of Annesley, Countess of Selkirk and suite, Lord Dynevor and family, Lady Mary Clough, Lady M'Pherson, Lady Olivia Sparrow, Lord and Lady Montagu and Hon. Miss Montagu, Lady Trollope and the Misses Trollope, Lord F. Fenhall, Sir Joseph and Miss Copley, Sir Joseph Halle well, Hon. Mrs. Latouche and family, Gen. Corner, Colonel and Mrs. Hardy, Colonel Temple French, &c. FASHIONABLY. CIIANGES.—The Earl of Strad broke from Canterbury, on a tour ; Lord and Lady Selsey, at Paris, from Switzerland ; the Earl and Countess of Kenmare, from Geneva, for Paris; Lord E. and the Misses Somerset from Down Hampney House, Wiltshire, on a tour ; Lord Rokeby, from the Hague, for Germany ; Capt. and the Hon. Mrs. Pechell, from Worthin g , for Castle Goring ; Lord and Lady Beresford, from Matlock, for their seat, West Dean Park, Sussex ; Lord . and Lady Southampton, at Mordison, Northampton, from a tour ; Viscount and Viscountess Sidney, at Foot's Cray, from Deepdene ; Lord Decies and the Hon. Mrs.. Beresferd, from Worthing, on a tour ; General Upton, from Brighton, on a tour ; the Hon. Lindsey Burrell, from Brighton, for Dibden Hall ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and family, at Kempton, from Cowdray Park, Mid burst, Surrey ; the Earl of Winchilsea, from Windsor Castle, for the Duke of Rutland's shooting lodge, Longshawe ; Lord Harry Vane, at Newtown House, Boroughbridge, from a tour ; the Hon. Newton and Lady Catherine Fellowes, at Chud leigh' Devon ; Dowager Countess Poulett, at Brighton, from Twickenham ; Lord Henry Russell, from Brighton, for Portsmouth. ARRIVALS. • Lensaigne, Esq., at the St. James's Royal Hotel, St. f r altte Vustreet, from Dublin; Rev. John Treherne, at ditto, t r/ e l n, Cookham, Norfolk, Baron Von Schrooder, at ditto, from ilon. and the Rev. James Saumarez, at English's ' 4l , St. James's-street, from the Continent ; Mrs. Watkins, at ditto, from ditto. DEPARTURES. Major Irwin, from the St. James's Royal Hotel, St. James's s-ret, for Cheltenham ; W. R. Colute, Esq., from ditto, for ZdoT este " ili re ; John Franklin, Esq., from ditto, for the Party -doors ;, Captain R. Lechmere, J. Neeld, Esq., M.P., and from ditto, on a tour through Egypt, Palestine, and a " °ll ' G. Stuart and George Stewart, Esq., from ditto for Scotland ; Hon. G. Harris , from ditto, for Salis -1;',7 13 . Lu cas , E sq., f rom di tto , on a tour ; R o b er t A. 4,1 41e Y , EN., from ditto, for Dublin ; the Right Hon. Viscount ip are ' a-nd Viscountess Adare, from the Green Park Hotel, l P j e cadilly, for Geneva; Captain Clarke Harris, from o f Bri,gliton ; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Alexander Grant, fort'r rant, from their residence, Ulster -terrace, Regent's.park, e Continent. SCARBOROUGH.—This fashionable watering-place is now full of visitors, amongst whom are many distinguished families. The facilities for sea bathing, the delightful walks, and romantic scenery, will no doubt continue to attract a gay and numerous company. WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—The promenade soiree at the Royal Assembly Rooms, the night before last, was at tended by a very numerous assemblage of haut ton. The races, which take place next week, form the chief object of interest with the gay world. The sport is expected to be good, several celebrated horses being named to run. The very great influx of company is attributable to the forthcoming field sports, &c. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans paid another visit to Portland last week. _ . SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 3.—Sir Robert Peel, and a distinguished party, after partaking of the pleasures of the field, on Thursday, on the estate of John Fleming, Esq., M. P., Stoneham Park, dined with that gentleman, when a large party was invited to meet him. Sir Francis Burdett has taken Belle Vue House for six weeks. The fares by steam to Havre are now only ss. and 3s. ; and ss. and 3s. 6d. to Guern sey and Jersey. At several points between this town and Win chester the railway is proceeding with rapidity, as well as in other parts of the line. Captain Sheridan, whose sudden demise was an nounced a few days since, was the father of the accomplished authoress of the " Comic Annual," and of various musical pieces of uncommon promise, and whose performances on the harp rival those of Miss Doyle, so well known in the circles of fashion. Monday last the Earl and Countess of Dunraven entertained a vast cortege of the neighbouring gentry at Adare house, on the occasion of the happy alliance of Lady Anna Maria Monsell and Mr. Monsell, and to meet the distin. guished pair on their intended departure for the sunny climes of Italy. A splendid defeune of the most recherche character was prepared in the great gallery of the new mansion, which is 146 feet in length, and in this apartment a range of tables, covered with the choicest viands, was laid out for above 120 guests. MRS. GORE.—We are glad to observe that so general a disposition prevails to do justice to the merits of this talented writer. The Scotsman, after observing that "It is somewhat surprising to see how little genius is appreciated, with some rare exceptions, when it appears in the shape of a modern novel," boldly asserts that her new work, " Female Domination," is in every respect most unquestionably one of the very best novels which has been published during the last half dozen years. It is really an admirable work, and certainly places the authoress, if, indeed, she has not been already placed there, in the front rank of the female writers of the daY.". 4„ - et' Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is - Pr., * eted to arr i ve in town o n S u nday next. Duke and Duchess of • Buccleuch arrived at --- k Castle on Saturday last. Zarl an d C ountess M anvers h ave arr i ve d at t h e i r a elnt, Thoresby Park, Notts. T he Prince and Princess Louis Wittgenstein and th r have returned to Mivart's Hotel, from a lengthened tour the principal places in England, Wales, and Scotland. s I'l teir Royal Highnesses th three Persian Princes, ki e v re "TY, and suite; attended by Mr. Baillie Fraser, left 11„• ar ,t 's Hotel on Saturday, on their road to Bagdad. Their f o ,:l t ti Highnesses expressed themselves in the highest terms Int :tte . tztention paid to their comforts during their prolonged ei re ' l ' e a s. l l. . for the ki n d recep ti on th e y me t with in the English b y Lhe Dow ager C ountess o f M u l grave , acc ompanied dy .L. Phipps, has left town on a visit to the Hon. and beae!. _ `.oustus Phipps (brother to the present Lord Lieute eof .T Wand), at Southwold, in Suffolk. for L 'd Lady 'William Bentinck have left Brighton r earain t 'ton Spa. ,Cltar.tliesetrn Morpeth left the Earl of Carlisle's seat, u , Kowa rd, York shire, for Dublin, where he will remain P ali !g the at itumn, dispensing his hospitality in the Phcenix to pm in - zous parties of political friends. pro Lord Lowther, accompanied by Sir James M'Adarn, ia l ,„ ee ,eded f. tom H avre to P ar i s, an d w ill not return f or t w o g t as. wile a his L or d s hip will proceed to visit his father's y (;timberland. ti iti S r ir Arth . .ur and Lady Hazlerigge have arrived at se at Not ..ely Hall, Leiceste rs hi re , from Tunbridge Wells. y i v r l scounte. vs Canning h as l e ft t own f o r Brighton. lea ve e M wis and Marchioness of Conyngham will taa ll i i "arasgate the Ist of next m o nth, f or B r ighton, where a ,e, .ed for the f am ily f or some mon th s . Ti on J. en g Marquu s of Anglesey has left Hampshire, and l i i s Z'd at Bend, !sell, on Thursday, in far better health than %bib received .enjoyed for some months past. His Lord . Pe lis a prt ssing invitation from his Royal Highness the ap,,, e , - s e , s oi Ora nge to pass some time at the Hague, and to in- Kt; ` u e encampment of the Dutch army, the Prince and the f t . o4l 'e Marqui s h avi.ng been on terms of personal friendship obi i an early period of the Peninsular campaigns, but was I , 4 'td to decli ne from the delicate state of his health. ott T h lt ' e y en erable Mrs. Fitzherbert left Tylney•street, ( ink y , for the Steyne, Brighton. vi s i tm r : Alder, the new Bishop of Lichfield, held a 1 - s ) I r. ° Th , at Col e shill, on Monday last. B. Todd has been elected Professor of e n ic" • g y and of General and Morbid Anatomy in King's g • i th lB , e ' Officers of the Woods and Forests, in cut- Pea r t the fine stately trees in Kensington Gardens, up " . 1 acting on the maxim of the famous Robespicre, vititc let ru i re pour f on d er ." arria m Bingham Baring, Esq., M.P., and suite, last, e at: the Crown and Anchor Inn, in Pwllheli, on Monday and 4h a • tour through Wales. d e 'l3l . ist of E ar l G re y, to be placed by his friends ven er l, 1 ' ire rs i n t h e T own Ha ll h ere , i s now completed. T_ r. he e Uarl h as con d escen d e d to sit three times Mto b e ali a r, the ce l e b rated sculptor. Th e b us t i s co nsidered to IVlo nd e locelle at representation, and will arrive in Kelso on th ? . or 'Tuesday next. A public dinner is t. 9 take place Th e e 3 `Zt i siou, on the 12th inst.—Kelso Chronic ß t . and fa. mint de Surveilleurs (Joseph Bonaparte) hood o rn f t ltbav-de again taken up tl • abode in the neighbour- Earleir day f l Sp encer arrived at Althorp Park, on Wednes- Tf om a tour of visits. B eds :e Ma rquis of Bute has arrived at Luton House, PRINTING IN EGYPT.—The Geographical Society of Paris has received the first number of the Geography of Malte-Brun, published at Cairo, by the Cheyk-Rela'h. The Worcester Town Council have appointed 12 gentlemen as trustees of the Charity Estates, and have peti tioned the Lord Chancellor to confirm the appointment.— Barrow's Worcester Journal. A circumstance in the late conduct of the Bank Directors, which was much dwelt upon to-day by men of bu siness, is the principle they appear to have laid down, that no facilities whatever shall be granted by them where the trans action can be supposed to have any bearing whatever on an exportation of gold. It is asked, and pertinently enough, can such inquisition and interference prevent the exportation of a single ounce of bullion, and does it not, when such vain opposition is set, tend to alarm the public and to degrade the Bank? Either the security offered is a valid one or it is not. If it is not, there is an end to its negotiability at the Bank or elsewhere; but if it is, there are many other places in which money is seeking for employment, and the result is a produc tion of Bank-notes which the Bank must " pay on demand " in whatever form may be required. They are compelled, therefore, at the second stage of the operation, to do that which they have refused to do at the first : the notes are ob tained, and the bullion, if it is thought worth while to do so, is sent. The more politic as well as the more manly course would have been to apply themselves to the cause rather than to the effect. By rendering money scarce at the Stock-Ex change, which might have been done by the sale of Exche quer Bills, or stock, or even the " dead weight " itself, which it was always the intention of Government that they should sell, rather than pressing on commercial operations, they could have put it out of the power of any merchants to export bul lion at a profit, would have preserved their consistency, and have been spared the disgrace of letting the fact go forth to the world that they refused advances on unexceptionable secu rities, merely because they conceived that the notes were to be employed in taking gold out of the country—Times. The continual droop of Exchequer-bills renews the inquiry in the city what the Government intend to do with these securities. That they can long be maintained above par, at the rate of interest they at present bear, seems next to im possible, and Mr. Sp r i ng Rice ought, therefore, to be prepared with the course which it will be incumbent upon him in that case to pursue. The inconvenience will operate in two ways .--to the embarrassment of the Government, if money, instead of new bills, for:those n ow d ue i s d eman d e d—t o the annoy ance of the Bank, if such money is now brought into that cir culation which they are using such incessant endeavours to curtail. The remedies are,—a funding, or an increase in the interest on the bills ; the former would suit the Bank best, the latter would be managed with the greatest case to the Go vernment, and at less expense. The opinion of men most conversant with such matters is, that an advance of 2d. per cen t. per diem, which is 3 per cent, per annum, would answer the purpose, at least for the present. Some think that both operations might be united, and this, it must be admitted, would certainly be an effectual cure for the evil. The large amount of the unfunded debt is mischievous in itself, but in such a state of the money market as this it presses with aggra vated force. Most people wish that it were in part, at least, got rid of. The present Minist.ry, so far from any attempt at diminution, have increased it from time t o t i me b y over- i ssues for loans connected w ith public improvements of various kinds, which may or may not have some sort of utility, but in their action on the market they have no doubt added materially to the existing mischief of two large an unfunded debt.l Times. ...... ............. ..._ _ _ The ri ved Etta 1 of Devon and Viscount Courteney ar from' ° ll, Thti rsdav, at their scat Powderham Castle, Devon, ~,,a visit to the - family estates in Ireland. ihe Go v e ,- nor-General of India has appointed his ' t atr at G od Cale' ma. —Military Secretary, Ensign Hon. William • Aid e ° :Pilin Osbcvne, 26th Foot, son of Lord Godolphin -111_1134, - 2 ; e fa imp, c 'aptain Byrne, 31st Foot; Lieut. Champ- I'L ttive Inlantry ; Lieut. Macgregor, Bengal Artil p ; Ensigu Osbornt ~ 26th ; Private Secretary, J. R. Colvin, 4 11 85th e veal trable Ear; of Egremont, who is now in his g u , s ,leary left town on .Saturday, for his scat, Petworth, 1 ,444; to join a shooting party which his Lordship has din the fit 1' meet. him. The Eat .1 is still an excellent shot, an bagged uttY last year that he pent partridge shooting, he n_uthree, brace of birds in a ve - ey short time. 1 , il' e ° IA L,chnund de Perigord, grand nephew to Prince th e 1- 1 3 ' r alld. has arr i ved at Vallancay, nn a visit to his mother, 'L4lo2es 4 de Dino, who, with her daughter, accepted an in- AIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1836. SUMMARY OF AFFAIRS AT SAN SEBASTIAN, AUG. 25. The state of the Legion is rapidly improving. The 10th Regiment has become orderly. A few incorrigible drunk-! ards have been sent to the castle, where they will soon be; brought to their senses. This morning at eight o'clock General Evans reviewed the Lancers under the command of Colonel Wakefield. Their appearance was fine, and they went through their manoeuvres in the very best style. I have no hesitation in saving that they are equal to any troops of their class in any part of the world—the horses are in fine order. He promoted Lieutenant Jennyns to the command of a troop on the field. The only thing now required to insure the continued efficiency of the Legion is money. Of this indispensable article there is little or none in the military chest, and it is difficult to discover, in the present , state of political affairs, where the means of promptly replenishing it are to be found. The 9th Regiment, at Santander, continued to be in excellent order : the Bth had not recovered its morale ; it must, I imagine, be extensively weeded before it can be brought into a wholesome state. The French appear determined to stop the supplies to to the Carlists, which have so long and so freely been al lowed to be conveyed from that country. No boats from Ondarroa or Lequeitio have appeared at Fontarabia for the last ten days. It appears from authentic accounts that the Carlists have five pieces of cannon in the redoubt lately constructed at Iron ; from which town two twelve-pounders were removed on the 20th. They were supposed to bo mounted on the Amitzogana-hill, where two embrasures are now percep tible. Discontent and insubordination were never so pre valent in the Carlist camp as at present. So desperate has the Pretender become, that he ha 4 just caused a bando or proclamation to be published at Tolosa, declaring that whomsoever shall speak in favour of the Christinos shall be punished for the first offence with a fine of 12 reals ; and that those who shall express themselves in offensive terms towards his Royal person, and with regard to his party, shall suffer death. AUGUST 29.—1 am very happy to feel justified in con firming my previous statements as to the improved condi tion of the Legion. General Evans inspects the different regiments and brigades daily ; and has reason to be per fectly satisfied with their appearance. Yesterday I was present at a parade of the 7th regiment, commanded by Colonel Beckham. The men were cleanly, and in every respect creditable to their colonel, his officers, and to them selves. When General Evans left the ground, the regi ment gave him a hearty cheer ; and I noticed that a,num ber of the men repeated the gratulation with that indivi dual good feeling which is produced in the breast of a sol dier by a conviction that his General is not only g allant, but that he watches over the interests of the men under his command. _ _ ...... After this inspection General Evans rode to the out posts. When he arrived there an officer of the Queen's army and another belonging to the Pretender's force were speaking- to each other on the highroad between the two hostile pickets. They were uncle and nephew. The re spective guards and sentries were looking on, and occa sionally calling out to each other. When General Evans appeared on the brow of the bill, the Carlists cried out to the sentinels, " Tell him to remain, and do what he likes ; we will not fire on him"—nor did they. We remained there for a quarter of an hour, during which period the General was looking through his spyglass at the enemy's works on the Yenta Hill, on which there are now three guns mounted—:one 24-pounder and two twelves. Several shots had been fired since day-light from those gnus against the fort of Puyu, but they fell short. Accounts have been received by the James Watt steamer, that it having been reported at Santander that Villareal was marching in that direction at the head of 6,000 men, the 9th, and such a portion of the Bth Regiment as had. continued subservient to military discipline, had been embarked for Santona, in order to aid in checking or in tercepting them. The accounts from Bilboa state that Gomez had been at Palencia, upon which city he had levied a contribution of 60,000 dollars. He had decamped with this booty, and had taken with hire twenty families as hostages, no doubt intending to make use of them in order to get more money. The conduct of the late Ministers with regard to Corn mo(Aore Henry and Captai❑ Liot has produced its natural effect. The crews of the Isabel 11. and Reyna Gober nadara have strongly remonstrated with their respective commanders as to the non-fulfilment of the promises made through them by Isturitz and Galiano. The men have been perfectly respectful towards their officers, but they have said that they had waited patiently for their pay for thirteen months, but that they would rather go home to England, and abandon what is due to them, than go on as they are now doing ; because they could always earn as much as, or more than, the Spanish Government engaged to give them, and be sure of payment. Commodore Henry and Captain Liot are placed in cruel situations by the false promises of the ex- Ministers, who assured the Commodore that the whole arrears would be forthwith paid by their agents in London ; knowing, as they did at the time, that there were not any funds in the hands of those gentlemen to meet this demand. Commodore Henry wrote to England and assured the men that in a month at furthest they would be paid. Three weeks beyond that stipulated month have now elapsed, and no answer has been received. The sailors have objected to go to sea until they are settled with. The Reyna Gober nadora, has, however, gone to Santander with some men of the Bth an Gth Regiments, who refuse to serve any longer ; but Cap t. Liot felt it necessary to tell them before they started that on their return hither he would moor the ves sel in this harbour, and not call upon them to go to sea agai n until their pay should be issued. I believe Commodore Henry has given similar assurances to the crew of the Isa bel IL There has been no insubordination among these crews ; they have merely demanded their rights, and signi fied their wish to return to England, even without what they have hardly earned, rather than continue in so unsubstantial a service. The two steamers in question are in high order, and the crews upon a par with those of his Britannic Ma- jesty's ships of war. The Pluto, man of war steamer, arrived yesterday, after a rapid passage of three days from Plymouth. She would have come in two days and a half had it not been that she caught fire at sea ; and it took several hours to extinguish the flames, and get in a fit state to proceed. No damag e has occurred to the vessel. The instructions from the British Government to Lord John Hay are highly satis factory as to the course Ministers have decided upon adopt ing in the present state of Spanish affairs. No alteration will take place with regard to the naval co-operation of Great Britain so long as the Queen remains on the throne. As to their political institutions, they must regulate them according to the wants and wishes of the nation at large. I have good cause for believing that Government has ex pressed its high approbation and satisfaction at the line of conduct adopted in this crisis by Lord John Hay. A sum of 60,000d5. (about 12,0001. sterling) has, 1 un derstand, been promised by the house of Vasquez, of Bor deaux, for the Legion, the officers of which are suffering much from not having been paid for the last six months. I understand that an arrangement has been made with the Spanish Cousul at Bayonne for continuing the supplies of provisions after the end of this month ; but that instruc tions have arrived from Madrid to the effect that a contract for these supplies must be made at Bayonne, the tenders for which arc to be sent in on the 10th of September. The contractors refuse to furnish rations after the 51st instant (their bills for former supplies having been returned with out payment), and the difficulty is to fiLid out some means for providing for the maintenance of the men until the tract can be regularly concluded and acted upon. S the Government become consolidated, and Senor Mendi zabal's influence predominate, all will be well. As I have always said, there must be a co-operation on the part of some other portion of the forces, in order to render the efforts of the Legion, and the Spanish troops under General Evans's orders, effectual. Not more than 4,000 men could take the field, after leaving the lines pro perly manned, and a due corps of reserve in garrison here. The enemy has, as far as can be ascertained, seven batta lions in this neighbourhood ; and in addition to the su perior numerical force which could, in thirty-six hours, be assembled upon any given point upon which we might move. almost all the cannon in possession of the faction are in front or near us. Let the main army or the French Legion meet us half way, and the Legion will do good service. AuG. 30.—An extraordinary bulletin was published here yesterday, containing an official dispatch addressed to Ad miral Ribera by the Commander of the trincadura Valdes, dated from Castro Urdiales. From this dispatch it appears that on the 27th instant the faction of the astute rebel ch ief CastOr was completely beaten on the plains of Suceso, by the Queen's forces, under the orders of Geleral Rivero and Brigadier Peon. The loss of the enemy in this affair with Castor is officially stated as 300 killed and wounded. I understand that General Lebeau, who commands the French Legion in Navarre, is fully disposed to act cordially with General Evans ; and there is s till a we ll- gro unded hope that the two Legions may make some combined and successful movements this autumn. The Legion is in good order, and in good spirits. I understand that Colonel O'Connell, of the 10th, is expected here in a few days. He raised the regiment, and no doubt his presence will destroy every pretext for insubordination. San Sebastian continues perfectly tranquil. The light-house situate on the summit of Monte Igueldo having been for the last year, or more, suppressed on ac count of its proximity to the positions occupied by the factious, a new one has been erected on Monte Orgullo, which forms the eastern part of the port of San Sebastian, and is opposite to Monte Igueldo, where the old light was. The new light-house is situated in 43 deg. 19 min. 33 sec. north latitude ; and in 4 deg. 17 min. 57 sec. longi tude, east of Cadiz. it is 221 feet above the level of the sea, and a short mile eastward of the old light-house. It will be lighted up for the first time on the night of the 14th September next, and will be continued nightly until the 3d of May following, and in like manner in every suc cessive year. It will be a permanent, not a revolving light ; and suf ficiently strong to be seen in a clear night at a distance of about 15 miles. The bridge over the river Urumea is in a state of Forwardness : the promptness with which this useful work Leas been performed, is highly creditable to the authorities. NEW GRANADA. LAW FOR THE APPLICATION OF FUNDS TOWARDS THE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DEBT. The Senate and Chamber of Representatives of New Granada, assembled in Congress, considering-- 1. That national honour and good faith are pledged in the most solemn manner to the payment of the interest and gradual extinction of that portion of the Colombian debt for which New Granada may be liable. 2. That though at present, and while the active and passive debts of Colombia remain unadjusted, it is not pos sible to pass a law for definitively funding the public debt, it assuredly is so to apply such funds as may not be abso lutely necessary for the operations of the Administration ; 3. That this measure is the more urgent, as, the indi cated adjustment having been retarded by difficulties which could not be overcome, the creditors are now suffering with out any approximate hope— DECREE. Art. 1. The Executive Power will proceed to make such stipulations as may be considered favourable with the holders of the obligations of the foreign debt for the gra dual payment of the rents to the extent of a third part of the capital of each of the foreign bonds, which may be converted in that proportion into national bonds, with the previous consent of the said creditors, and saving always the proceeding in the same manner with respect to what ever may otherwise concern the Republic in the definitive adjustment of Colombian affairs. 11. To the exclusive payment of the rents of the foreign debt for which Granada is liable are applied 1. From the Ist of September next, one-eighth part of the duties paid on the merchandise imported into the ports of the Republic. 2. One half of the surplus remaining in specie in the ge neral and provincial treasuries at the end of each financial year, after the expenses of the Administration have been covered, in conformity with the law. 3. The clear produce of the sales of all the tobacco which, after providing for the internal consumption, may re main in all the factories at the end of each financial year, deducting from that produce one-third part to be applied to the profit of the said rent. 4. One-eighth part of the import duties paid in securi ties of the recognised floating debt, thereupoa extin guished. _ _ Paragraph.—The second and third assignments referred to in this article will begin to have effect with the surpluses which may remain at the end of the financial year, which commences on the Ist Sept. next. 111. The Executive Power may transmit the tobacco re maining in the factories to be sold in foreign countries on ac count of the nation, or cause it to be sold to individuals in the form hitherto observed, or receive the amount in Eng land, under the previous corresponding securities, choosing, however, the course which may be considered most advan tageous for the nation, according to circumstances, but always by public sale. Paragraph I.—By the word " amount," in this article, is to be understood the sums which, conformably to the ex isting provisions, are payable at certain periods. Paragraph 2.—ln the case of the tobacco being removed for sale in foreign countries, on account of the nation, the sums to which the principal and costs of shipping, freight, insurance, commission duties, and other charges, which the removal and sale will occasion, may extend, shall be added to the other funds applied by the preceding article to the payment of the rents of the foreign debt. IV. Until the Congress shall otherwise provide, there shall not in future be sold any uncultivated lands except for foreign debt bonds, including principal and interest, or merely for the interest, conformably to the engagements which may be entered into by the executive in fulfilment of article 1. There are to be excepted from the conditions of this article, the lands which the Congress has granted, or may grant, as compensation, with some exclusive privileges, and those for which at the time of the publication of this law proposals have been made to the Government, and which may be sold in the manner prescribed by the existing laws and regulations. V. Until the Congress approve the transactions which may take place in virtue of what is provided for by article I. ; or if they should not be carried into effect until the re partition of the Active and Passive Debt of Columbia, whereby it may be known what amount of the foreign debt fails to the share of New Granada, the produce of the re sources specified in article 11. shall with the corresponding securities, be transmitted by the Executive, and deposited in the Bank of England, in order that in such case due ap plication thereof may be made. Paragraph I.—The said deposit may be made in Trea sury bonds, English Exchequer-bills, or in such manner as the Executive may consider most advantageous and secure. Paragraph 2.—From the sums transmitted to England there shall previously be deducted the costs of conveyance and insurance. VI. There shall be appropriated to the payment of the rents of the consolidated domestic debt, for which new Gra nada may be liable, and which must be paid as soon as the rules for the division of the Active and Passive debt of Columbia are agreed upon, the following funds :- 1. 25,000 dollars of the produce of the salt-works of the Republic in each financial year. 2. The annual and half-yearly produce of the first-fruits. 3. The income arising from the leases of mines of the precious metals and the mortgages of the state, Paragraph.—These assignments will begin to have effect from the first of September next. VII. The executive shall provide for the funds arising from the assignments enumerated in the preceding article being deposited in the mints of Bogota and Popayan, in order to augment the funds in the said Mints, until an ap plication be definitively given thereto by the Legislature. VIII. The officers of finance, to whom may be intrusted the collection and keeping of the funds appropriated by this law to the national debt of New Grenada, shall be respon sible for any sum which may be diverted therefrom to other objects, and shall be deprived of their situations without being allowed to justify their conduct by the production of orders from any authority of the republic whatever. IX. The Executive will cause to be defrayed from the funds which are appropriated by this law the expenses which may be indispensable for its Executive, this provision being held to be included in the law of expenditure. X. This law does not alter any of the existing provisions respecting the alienation of property, assets, or valuables of any denomination whatever which may belong to the Re public, and which may not be necessary for, or suited to the service of, the national administration. XI. In order to realize the alienation referred to in the preceding article, which should always be effected by public auction, the authorities shall regulate the same entirely according to the provisions which the Executive may pre scribe. Bogota, May 25, 1836. VALENTIN FROETZ, President of the Senate. JUAN CLIMAOO ORDONEZ, President of the 1. Chamber of Representatives. ,May 27, 836 FRANCISCO DE' P. TORRES, Secretary to the Senate. PASTOR OSPINA, Secretary and Deputy of the Chamber of Representatives. Bogota, To be executed and published. FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANTANDER, President of the Republic. The fourth general meeting of the Scientific Con gress of France will be opened on the 11th instant, at Blois, M. de la Saussaye is appointed Secretary-general. Among the various men of science invited from England, are the Earl of Munster, Dr. Roget, Dr. Charles Ilolland, Messrs. Chil dren, Carlisle, Pratt, Hopkins of Cambridge, and Spencer Smith, P. R. S. Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy, hai been permitted two or three audiences of his Majesty on the subject of the removal of the Society from Somerset-house to the New National Gallery. The King G being p atron o f t h e R oya l A ca d emy o f A rt i 9ts, the result of t d h r e ea v t a h r , iou s deliberations of the Council are always submitte d to his M a j esty f or hi s appro b at i on . Th e C ounc il h av e already met in their new apartments in Trafalgar-square. A sin g l e s t a lk o f p o t a t oes w as drawn from Tywar hparzoedtute.ced 106, weighing sixteen and half p ounds. —Cornwall OXFORD WLT.—A wealthy and well-known Lon don br ewer t h oug h t proper to join a pack of foxhounds one day, and on the occasion appeared with mustacheos. lie was well mounted, and dressed in a very conspicuous manner. A French nobleman who was present, and was struck by his ap pearance, asked Lord A. if he was not WI grand nillitai7e. " No," replied his Lordship, West qu'un Chevalier de Malte." _ _ The present state of the Annuity Fund, now rais ing by Subscription for Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham is above 3,0001. _ _ The grounds at Kew abound with pheasants, which seldom leave the place, in consequence of a quantity of buck wheat sown in the preserves, which is their favourite food. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL S . The letter from Mr. O'Connell to the Spectator, which appeared in the Chronicle of yesterday, has, as was to have been expected, excited considerable atten tion. The Tory journals are all in raptures at it. The Standard fastens on the passage, The substantial point of difference between us is this—l assert that the majority of the English nation are indifferent, or worse—hostile to the claim of the people of Ireland to justice. I assert that indifference, or rather that hos- The letter, exclaims the Standard, contains " more truth than any one ever saw vouched by the signature of the same writer ;" but that truth is all comprised in the single proposition ab‘ove cited. On the other hand, our Liberal contemporaries ge nerally question Mr. O'Connell's position. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman had instanced the Newcastle election as affording a proof of the want' of sympathy of the• people of Eng land with the Irish. It is true that Mr. Hodgson, the successful candidate, distinctly de clared himself hostile to appropriation : hut this circumstance does not bear out Mr. O'Connell in his conclusion. Before we identify the electors of any place with the people of England, we ought to know who are the electors. The principle of the Re form Bill is that the suffrage shoulifbe limited to per sons possessed of a certain qualification from property ; but the exceptions to the principle are many. The great object of the Tories is to destroy the iulepen dence of electors, by bestowing the suffrage on persons who may be intimidated or bribed. Their sheet-an chors are the 501. tenants at will and the freemen— the one class dependent on their landlords ; the other paupers, accustomed to be bribed from time immemo, rial, and so degraded as not even to be aware that there is anything wrong in selling their votes. Now, at Newcastle, as is well observed by the Courier, Mr. Hodgson polled 949 freemen, and Mr. Blackett only 468 ; so that Mr. Blackett had a large majority of householders, the independent class, in his favour. It is said, too, that the Radicals, who are not over and above satisfied with Ministers, (lid not support Mr. Blackett as they ought to have done. If this be true, the Radicals of Newcastle must be exceedingly stupid, and there would, in that case, b.e no answering Mr. O'Connell when he ex claims, " You say Blackett was rejected by the. Ne wcastle electors because he was a mere Whig—that he did not go far enough for the Reformers of Newcastle, who therefore rejected him. You also allege that if a Radical Reformer had stood, the result would have been his return to Parliament. * * If the Newcastle men acted upon your principles, and rejected a mere IN' hig, why what confounded blocli heads must they be to elect an unequivocal Tory." We would fain believe that the Newcastle Radicals, however, are not open to this accusation. Mr. O'Con nell's proposition that " the disposition of the Eng lish nation towards Ireland was but evinced by ' the doss of voters,' which class constituted the portion of the English people most if not solely efficient for poli tical purposes," must be understood with the limitation that the class of voters consists of those who accord ing to the principle of the Reform Act, ought to have the suffrage. The 501. franchise was carried against the Government by the Marquis of Chandos, and is a departure from the principle of the Bill. In proportion as the 50/. tenants at will are numerous, in the same proportion the class of voters do not evince the sentiments of the people of England. In most of the old boroughs the pauperised freemen form unfor tunately a large portion of the electors. The freemen must be deducted from the independent voters before we can draw any inference as to the opinions of the people. We can oppose East Cumberland to New castle. East Cumberland is one of the most indepen dent districts in England. The 501. franchise is comparatively rare in that part of the country. Mr. James was returned without opposition ; and it is understood that Sir James Graham will lose his seat on account of his refusal to do justice to Ireland. We may surely set East Cumberland against Newcas tle. But, besides, in all the great towns of England not polluted by the corrupt remains of the old system, the Members returned have all declared themselves in favour of the Ministerial measures in behalf of Ire land. Great pains have been taken by the Tories to mislead the people of England with regard to the Ca tholics. The English being generally Protestants are generally attached to their own religion, and designs to favour the Catholics are unblushingly attributed to Ministers. One part of the Tory plan is to. charge the Catholics of this country and the present day with all the errors of Catholics of every country and of every age. Because the Catholics were intolerant two hundred years ago, it is inferred that they must be in tolerant now. People of all religions were intolerant two hundred years ago. The Protestant Government of England executed men for heresy and schism, as well as the Catholic Governments. The Scotch, since the Union, were all but in a state of re hellion because toleration was imposed on them by the Legislature. It would, therefore, be easy for the Catholics to retaliate on the Protestants if they chose. We are naturally opposed to the Catholic religion, believing, as we do conscientiously, that it has a tendency to shackle the mind ; but because we entertain this opinion, we do not conceive that we are entitled to withhold from the Catholics any rights or privileges which are enjoyed by Protestants. • We per ceive in the present state of Ireland strong evidence of the mischief which has resulted from acting on a con trary system ; and believing the Catholics sincerely attached to their religion, with what feelings, we ask, can they view the favour shown by the State to the Protestants merely on account of religion ? A large share of the national property is monopolised by the Protestant Church, and even the attempt of the pre sent Ministry to apply a portion of the tithes of pa rishes where there are no Protestants to the religious and moral instruction of the people, is construed by the Tories into an act of hostility to the Protestant re ligion. The people of England do . not now gene rally abet the Tories in this injustice. They see, too, that justice to Ireland is the best policy of England ; for no people of any spirit will tamely submit to insult, while equal justice will always in the long run put an end to heartburn ings and jealousies. Upon the whole, we are not sorry that Mr. O'Connell has thrown out this chal lenge, because we are satisfied abundant proofs will soon be afforded to him, that he has formed a false esti mate of the people of England. In the mean time, however, it must be admitted that he places Ministers in rather an awkward position. He is playing t he game of the Tories, who maintained that the appro priation was carried by Irish and Scotch IVlernbers against the English Members. The majority of the people of England were in favour o f a pp ro p riation ; but the Reform Bill having left too many rotten in roughs undestroyed, and too many counties in a de pendent state, the Tories were thereby enabled to obtain a bare majority of English Members. But thee representatives of all the grea t and popular constitu encies supported Ministers , and afforded a demonstra tion that the Government had the hearts of the English people with them in their measures in favour of Ire land.—Morning chronicle. Mr. O'Connell's letter to the Editor of the Spec tator will do good service to the cause of Peerage Reform. Its appearance is most opportune. Now is the time when every man who has any influence in any way with the public, ought to bring that influence to bear on this great question. Let every Reformer now act as if the issue of the momentous struggle about to take place between the Lords and the people, depended on his own isolated exertions. No one must trust to his neighbour : that has been the grand error of Re formers in past times, and has tended, beyond all other causes, to the perpetuation of that Tory domination which this country has been fated to endure so long. It is to be hoped that the people of Great Britain have learned wisdom from experience, and that not only do they now see clearly that their duty is to acquit themselves in the impending .conflict, as if the result were entirely dependant on their individual exertions, but that each man is fully prepared to act up to his convictions of duty. It is one thing to be theoreti cally convinced of what is the proper course, and another to pursue that course with the eikergy and de termination which become the occasion. The present is a crisis of tearful importance, and awful is the re sponsibility which rests on every man who clearly perceives the line of conduct he ought to adopt. It cannot be too strongly or earnestly impressed on the public mind, that the people have a duty to perform at this most momentous juncture, before Ministers can ' be expected to take one step towards the accomplish ment of that Reform which is now admitted on all hands to - be indispensable. It is not enough for Lord Melbourne that the conviction . of the necessity of a reconstruction of the Upper House be deep and uni versal ; that conviction, to justify him in bringing for ward a measure suited to the emergency of the case, must be expressed. He must have something tangible to refer to, as the ground on which he brings forward such a measure. The expression of public opinion which the occasion demands, can only be made through ,the medium of public meetings, and through the adop tion of strongly worded and numerously signed peti tions, by those meetings. This is the way to fortify Lord Melbourne, when he brin g s the question—as brought it must bc—before the House. This is the only way to arm him with the power of carrying an efficient measure of Peerage Reform into effect. The people will have one great advantage in the coming conflict ; it has not been their seeking. They have been forced into the contest by the conduct of their op ponents. The people will only be acting on the de fensive ; they were passive until further 'forbearance would have been both cowardly and criminal. And now that they have been compelled to enter the arena of .conflict, their war-cry will be " Heaven defend the right !"—Morning Advertiser. Yesterday we noticed a display of " the .master," and to-day it is our fortune to have to say a few words respecting an exhibition of " the man." Daniel figured in our pages yesterday, and to-day Lord Listen —we beg pardon—Lord Morpeth—makes his bow to our readers. Daniel, for reasons which it would not be difficult to explain, were it worth while, selected an obscure Sunday print as the organ of communicating his last epistle to the public. Lord Morpeth has fol lowed his master's example, so far as regards the man ner at least of his performance ; but that coincidence may possibly have occurred without concert, for Lord Morpeth is fond of figuring at private theatricals in characters he cannot fill, and his exhibitions before thb public as a " walking gentleman ," on the, .political stage, have been attended with results that must natu rally incline him to desire to confine his feats to that sort of picked and indulgent audience which will have the politeness to groan or to laugh inwardly, while a dull and incapable amateur frets his hour before them. Let it, however, have happened by accident or by design, still it is quite true that master arid man have in this case done all' they could to hide their light under a bushel. Had it not been for the assistance of other papers, Daniel's epistle would have remained till Doomsday shut up in the deep obscurity that envelopes the print to which he addressed it ; and the inhabitants of Leeds would, in common with the rest of the world, have remained equally ielorant for as long a period of the fact that Lord Morpeth " had a dinner " in that town Wednesday last, if it had not happened that Mr. Baines could command a Mercury, which, however heavy-heeled and heavy-headed, has managed to become the means of conveying the infor mation more speedily. Thus we have arrived at a knowledge of the occurrence of this dinner at Leeds to the " Liberal members for the West Riding of York shire." Now, this said West Riding of Yorkshire happens to contain a population of 976,415 per sons, of which number the town of Leeds alone contains 123,393. And how many persons does the reader suppose were at this grand dinner to the Liberal members for the Riding ? Precisely one hun dred and twenty-three! Why, there are more readers of the Sunday print to which Daniel sent his letter, obscure as that journal is ! Verily the tailors of Tooley-street, that dubbed themselves the " people of England," stand a mighty good chance of having their noses put out of joint. Lord Morpeth, it ap pears by the report, talked of the " much both of political association and of festal celebration" (we quote correctly) which the 123 out of the 976,415 monopolized ; and he farther spoke to the select few in a most feeling and piteous strain of " the more formidable responsibilities," and .the " more direct concern in matters of most extensive and critical interest," that now devolve upon him. He did not, however, mention that he had used precisely the same language in thz House of Commons, and that Sir R. Peed applied to him most happily on the occasion the well-known passage of Horace : " Demitto auriculas, ut uniqum mentis asellus, Cum gravius dorso subiit onus." Still more largely, however, did Lord Morpeth draw upon the presumed ignorance, or the assured indul gence, of the elite of the West Riding. He had the assurance to address to them this stuff, which they had the faces to cheer :—" Reposing yourselves under the shelter of your improved municipal institu tions—sharing in the first fruits of that system in all possible prosperity and credit, under such courteous and kindly auspices as those which we now appreciate, you only feel a redoubled and a generous anxiety to impart to your fellow-countrymen in Ireland those advantaf;es and privileges of self-government and of local control which you yourselves acquired, and which you have yourselves ascertained can be exercised without confusion, turbulence, or outrage." Have the Ministers ever proposed to impart the muni cipal privileges enjoyed at Leeds to Ireland ? Look at their Bill, and every man who can read will see that they have not. That Bill confers no municipal pri vileges on the Irish : on the contrary, it deprives them of all municipal privileges properly so called, and permission to watch, pave, light, and cleanse their streets, constituted the whole of the mighty privileges, and the sum and substance of the überous prosperity and credit the Irish were to enjoy under it. These were the civic thrones, the vines and fig -trees, beneath the shelter of which the municipal aristocracy were to sit in dignified repose. Scavengers, watchmen, and lamplighters, were all the Ministers proposed to make Irish mayors, and aldermen, and common-coun cilmen ; and we can imagine how George Goodman, Esquire, Mayor of Leeds, with " the splendid gold chain," &c., seated in " Lord Milton's chair, lent by the Trustees of the Coloured Cloth-hall" (here be sights, my masters !) will start and blush when he learns from us, for the first time, the real nature and extent of the " improved municipal institutions" which Lord Morpeth assumed that his worship and the rest of the select 123 were inflamed with " generous anxiety" to impart to Ireland I We have no desire to disturb the dignified demeanour of that right worshipful per sonage by putting him into a passion : but we must be allowed to ask him what he would think of a Bill which created a so-called municipal corporation ii' Leeds, with no other legal powers than those of watch ing, lighti ng , cleansing, and paving, but which was so framed as to provide that the said Corporation should be exclusively composed of men who, being pro claimed enemies of the Constitution in Church and State, would reduce the town from its present flourish • ing condition to absolute beggary, by keeping it in perpetual turmoil, and driving every capitalist from the neighbourhood ? Of such a character was the Irish Municipal Bill which the Ministers brought in. We turn with pleasure from the absurd and childish speech of Lord Morpcth to that which Sir G. Strickland de livered at this dinner ; and as good sense end consti tutional sentiments have become so rare of lat.; in the orations of Whigs, we make no apology for the length of the following quotation, from the Hon. Baronet's " The representatives whom you have sent will hereafter be placed in some difficulty likewise, as to how th e y s h ou ld give their votes on que stions of vast importance ; and I think it becoming in me, in order to prevent any difference between you and myself, distinctly and boldly to state how my votes will in future be given. It is not unlikely that the question of a reform in the House of .Lords will be brought forward. I think it almost certain that the pro posed reform will be, that the principle of representation shall be applied to that House. Now, gentlemen, although I may run the risk of not agreeing with all of you, I shall distinctly state how my vo t e w ill be given if that question ever should be brought f orwar d. I n doing this I must re vert to first principles —to those principles which throughout have been my guide and conduct, and which must be thy guide hereafter. I look back to the question of a reform of the "louse of Commons ; and I ask you what was the vote which I gave on that occasion ? It W AS decidedly to oppose organic cange. The object of that reform was to do away with the rotten borough system, and to put an end to the nomination of Members of the House of Commons by certain Members of the House of Lords, as being inconsistent with the principles of our Constitution. It was therefore to prevent